Genesis 9:5

English Standard Version 2016

And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

Cross References

Exodus 21:12

“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.

Psalm 9:12

For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Matthew 23:35

so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not murder.

Acts 17:26

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,

Genesis 42:22

And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.”

Judges 9:56

Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers.

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?”

2 Chronicles 24:22

Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”

Leviticus 24:17

“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 24:21

Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, and whoever kills a person shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:16

“But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:17

And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:18

Or if he struck him down with a wooden tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:21

or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

Deuteronomy 19:11

“But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities,

Deuteronomy 19:12

then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

1 Kings 2:6

Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

2 Kings 11:1

Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family.

2 Chronicles 33:24

And his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his house.

2 Chronicles 33:25

But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon. And the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.